Michael F. Graham

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D 1993, University of Virginia
Specialization: Early Modern Britain, Early Modern Europe
Arts and Sciences, Room 206C, 330-972-7826
mgraham@uakron.edu

My main historical interests are the social and cultural history of early modern Europe, particularly Britain, with a special emphasis on Scottish history. My first book, The Uses of Reform: 'Godly Discipline' and Popular Behavior in Scotland and Beyond, 1560-1610, was published in 1996 by E.J. Brill, and was the winner of the 1997 Bainton Prize from the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference. It is a study of the imposition of Reformed Protestantism in several communities, mostly in the Scottish lowlands, viewed through the perspective of the consistories (kirk sessions in Scotland), or "Calvinist morals police." Currently I'm studying the history of crime and law enforcement in early modern Britain. These sorts of details can be found on my cv. When I am not practicing history, I may be found cycling, playing softball or practicing music with the House Popes, an eternally up-and-coming Akron band.

"Although the importance of discipline in the Reformed tradition is universally acknowledged, Michael F. Graham is the first historian to offer a convincing, richly detailed analysis of disciplinary practices in Scotland during the half century following the break with Rome."

Richard Greaves, Florida State University,
writing in the American Historical Review, February 1998

                                                              3400:210 - The Humanities in the Western Tradition I (to 1500)
                                                              3400:211 - The Humanities in the Western Tradition II (since 1500)
                                                              3400:321 - Europe From the Renaissance to the Wars of Religion (1350-1600)
                                                              3400:322 - Europe from Absolutism to Revolution (1600-1800)
                                                              3400:338 - England to 1688
                                                              3400:440/540 - Tudor-Stuart Britain (1485-1714)
                                                              3400:631 - Reading Seminar in Early Modern European History
                                                              3400:632 - Writing Seminar in Early Modern European History

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